Life expectancy at birth by country, 2024
The number of years a newborn would live if the mortality patterns at the time of birth stayed the same throughout life.
217 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Monaco (86.5 years). Lowest: Nigeria (54.6 years). The median is 74.7 years.
Highest 10
- 1. Monaco 86.5 years
- 2. San Marino 85.8 years
- 3. Hong Kong SAR, China 85.4 years
- 4. Kuwait 84.6 years
- 5. Switzerland 84.4 years
- 6. Liechtenstein 84.2 years
- 7. French Polynesia 84.2 years
- 8. Andorra 84.2 years
- 9. Sweden 84.1 years
- 10. Japan 84.0 years
Lowest 10
- 217. Nigeria 54.6 years
- 216. Chad 55.2 years
- 215. Central African Republic 57.7 years
- 214. South Sudan 57.7 years
- 213. Lesotho 57.8 years
- 212. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 59.0 years
- 211. Mali 60.7 years
- 210. Guinea 60.9 years
- 209. Benin 61.0 years
- 208. Burkina Faso 61.3 years
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Monaco (86.5 years) and the lowest Nigeria (54.6 years).
- Half of the countries are above 74.7 years and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 206 countries and fell in 10.
- The figure for the world was 73.5 years in 2024, against 72.9 years in 2019 (+0.8%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.5 years | 2024 | |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.8 years | 2024 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.4 years | 2024 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 84.6 years | 2024 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.4 years | 2024 | |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 84.2 years | 2024 | |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.2 years | 2024 | |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.2 years | 2024 | |
| 9 | Sweden | 84.1 years | 2024 | |
| 10 | Japan | 84.0 years | 2024 | |
| 11 | Italy | 84.0 years | 2024 | |
| 12 | Spain | 83.9 years | 2024 | |
| 13 | Gibraltar | 83.6 years | 2024 | |
| 14 | South Korea | 83.6 years | 2024 | |
| 15 | Singapore | 83.3 years | 2024 | |
| 16 | Macao SAR, China | 83.3 years | 2024 | |
| 17 | Israel | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 19 | Norway | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 20 | Faroe Islands | 83.1 years | 2024 | |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 83.1 years | 2024 | |
| 22 | Australia | 83.1 years | 2024 | |
| 23 | Ireland | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 24 | France | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 25 | Malta | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 26 | Iceland | 82.8 years | 2024 | |
| 27 | Qatar | 82.5 years | 2024 | |
| 28 | Bermuda | 82.5 years | 2024 | |
| 29 | Portugal | 82.4 years | 2024 | |
| 30 | Finland | 82.3 years | 2024 | |
| 31 | Belgium | 82.3 years | 2024 | |
| 32 | Slovenia | 82.3 years | 2024 | |
| 33 | Denmark | 82.3 years | 2024 | |
| 34 | Canada | 82.1 years | 2024 | |
| 35 | New Zealand | 82.0 years | 2024 | |
| 36 | Austria | 82.0 years | 2024 | |
| 37 | Netherlands | 82.0 years | 2024 | |
| 38 | Puerto Rico (US) | 81.9 years | 2024 | |
| 39 | Greece | 81.8 years | 2024 | |
| 40 | Cyprus | 81.8 years | 2024 | |
| 41 | Bahrain | 81.4 years | 2024 | |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 81.4 years | 2024 | |
| 43 | Chile | 81.4 years | 2024 | |
| 44 | Maldives | 81.3 years | 2024 | |
| 45 | Channel Islands | 81.2 years | 2024 | |
| 46 | Isle of Man | 81.1 years | 2024 | |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 81.0 years | 2024 | |
| 48 | Germany | 80.8 years | 2024 | |
| 49 | US Virgin Islands | 80.8 years | 2024 | |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 80.5 years | 2024 | |
| 51 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.4 years | 2024 | |
| 52 | Oman | 80.2 years | 2024 | |
| 53 | Czechia | 80.0 years | 2024 | |
| 54 | Albania | 79.8 years | 2024 | |
| 55 | Panama | 79.8 years | 2024 | |
| 56 | Estonia | 79.3 years | 2024 | |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 79.0 years | 2024 | |
| 58 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 59 | Croatia | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 61 | United States | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 62 | Poland | 78.4 years | 2024 | |
| 63 | Slovakia | 78.4 years | 2024 | |
| 64 | Armenia | 78.3 years | 2024 | |
| 65 | Uruguay | 78.3 years | 2024 | |
| 66 | Cuba | 78.3 years | 2024 | |
| 67 | Kosovo | 78.2 years | 2024 | |
| 68 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.2 years | 2024 | |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.0 years | 2024 | |
| 70 | China | 78.0 years | 2024 | |
| 71 | Jordan | 78.0 years | 2024 | |
| 72 | Lebanon | 77.9 years | 2024 | |
| 73 | Peru | 77.9 years | 2024 | |
| 74 | Colombia | 77.9 years | 2024 | |
| 75 | Montenegro | 77.9 years | 2024 | |
| 76 | Iran | 77.9 years | 2024 | |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.8 years | 2024 | |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 77.7 years | 2024 | |
| 79 | Ecuador | 77.6 years | 2024 | |
| 80 | Argentina | 77.5 years | 2024 | |
| 81 | British Virgin Islands | 77.4 years | 2024 | |
| 82 | Guam | 77.4 years | 2024 | |
| 83 | Türkiye | 77.4 years | 2024 | |
| 84 | Lithuania | 77.2 years | 2024 | |
| 85 | Curaçao | 77.0 years | 2024 | |
| 86 | Malaysia | 76.8 years | 2024 | |
| 87 | Hungary | 76.7 years | 2024 | |
| 88 | Tunisia | 76.7 years | 2024 | |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 76.6 years | 2024 | |
| 90 | Thailand | 76.6 years | 2024 | |
| 91 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 92 | Aruba | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 93 | Algeria | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 94 | Romania | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 95 | Latvia | 76.4 years | 2024 | |
| 96 | Barbados | 76.3 years | 2024 | |
| 97 | Seychelles | 76.3 years | 2024 | |
| 98 | Cabo Verde | 76.2 years | 2024 | |
| 99 | Brazil | 76.0 years | 2024 | |
| 100 | Serbia | 76.0 years | 2024 | |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 75.8 years | 2024 | |
| 102 | Brunei | 75.5 years | 2024 | |
| 103 | Morocco | 75.5 years | 2024 | |
| 104 | Grenada | 75.4 years | 2024 | |
| 105 | Mexico | 75.3 years | 2024 | |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 75.1 years | 2024 | |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 74.9 years | 2024 | |
| 108 | Viet Nam | 74.7 years | 2024 | |
| 109 | Bahamas | 74.7 years | 2024 | |
| 110 | Ukraine | 74.7 years | 2024 | |
| 111 | Georgia | 74.7 years | 2024 | |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 74.6 years | 2024 | |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 74.5 years | 2024 | |
| 114 | Belarus | 74.4 years | 2024 | |
| 115 | Paraguay | 74.0 years | 2024 | |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 73.9 years | 2024 | |
| 117 | Mauritius | 73.8 years | 2024 | |
| 118 | Suriname | 73.8 years | 2024 | |
| 119 | North Korea | 73.7 years | 2024 | |
| 120 | Belize | 73.7 years | 2024 | |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.6 years | 2024 | |
| 122 | Russia | 73.4 years | 2024 | |
| 123 | Bhutan | 73.3 years | 2024 | |
| 124 | Tonga | 73.1 years | 2024 | |
| 125 | Honduras | 73.0 years | 2024 | |
| 126 | American Samoa | 73.0 years | 2024 | |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 72.8 years | 2024 | |
| 128 | Guatemala | 72.7 years | 2024 | |
| 129 | Venezuela | 72.7 years | 2024 | |
| 130 | Syria | 72.6 years | 2024 | |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 72.5 years | 2024 | |
| 132 | Iraq | 72.4 years | 2024 | |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4 years | 2024 | |
| 134 | Mongolia | 72.4 years | 2024 | |
| 135 | El Salvador | 72.3 years | 2024 | |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.3 years | 2024 | |
| 137 | India | 72.2 years | 2024 | |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 71.9 years | 2024 | |
| 139 | Samoa | 71.8 years | 2024 | |
| 140 | Egypt | 71.8 years | 2024 | |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 71.7 years | 2024 | |
| 142 | Jamaica | 71.6 years | 2024 | |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.4 years | 2024 | |
| 144 | Moldova | 71.3 years | 2024 | |
| 145 | Dominica | 71.3 years | 2024 | |
| 146 | Indonesia | 71.3 years | 2024 | |
| 147 | Libya | 71.1 years | 2024 | |
| 148 | Cambodia | 70.8 years | 2024 | |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 70.7 years | 2024 | |
| 150 | Nepal | 70.6 years | 2024 | |
| 151 | Guyana | 70.3 years | 2024 | |
| 152 | Greenland | 70.3 years | 2024 | |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 70.2 years | 2024 | |
| 154 | Philippines | 69.9 years | 2024 | |
| 155 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 69.9 years | 2024 | |
| 156 | Yemen | 69.4 years | 2024 | |
| 157 | Palau | 69.4 years | 2024 | |
| 158 | Botswana | 69.3 years | 2024 | |
| 159 | Laos | 69.2 years | 2024 | |
| 160 | West Bank and Gaza | 69.2 years | 2024 | |
| 161 | Senegal | 68.9 years | 2024 | |
| 162 | Eritrea | 68.9 years | 2024 | |
| 163 | Bolivia | 68.7 years | 2024 | |
| 164 | Mauritania | 68.7 years | 2024 | |
| 165 | Gabon | 68.5 years | 2024 | |
| 166 | Uganda | 68.5 years | 2024 | |
| 167 | Rwanda | 68.0 years | 2024 | |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 67.9 years | 2024 | |
| 169 | Pakistan | 67.8 years | 2024 | |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 67.6 years | 2024 | |
| 171 | Malawi | 67.6 years | 2024 | |
| 172 | Namibia | 67.5 years | 2024 | |
| 173 | Fiji | 67.5 years | 2024 | |
| 174 | Micronesia | 67.4 years | 2024 | |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 67.3 years | 2024 | |
| 176 | Tanzania | 67.2 years | 2024 | |
| 177 | Myanmar | 67.1 years | 2024 | |
| 178 | Marshall Islands | 67.1 years | 2024 | |
| 179 | Comoros | 67.0 years | 2024 | |
| 180 | Kiribati | 66.6 years | 2024 | |
| 181 | Zambia | 66.5 years | 2024 | |
| 182 | Sudan | 66.5 years | 2024 | |
| 183 | South Africa | 66.3 years | 2024 | |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 66.3 years | 2024 | |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 66.3 years | 2024 | |
| 186 | Djibouti | 66.2 years | 2024 | |
| 187 | Gambia | 66.1 years | 2024 | |
| 188 | Republic of the Congo | 66.0 years | 2024 | |
| 189 | Ghana | 65.7 years | 2024 | |
| 190 | Haiti | 65.1 years | 2024 | |
| 191 | Angola | 64.8 years | 2024 | |
| 192 | Eswatini | 64.3 years | 2024 | |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.3 years | 2024 | |
| 194 | Cameroon | 64.0 years | 2024 | |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.9 years | 2024 | |
| 196 | Madagascar | 63.8 years | 2024 | |
| 197 | Kenya | 63.8 years | 2024 | |
| 198 | Burundi | 63.8 years | 2024 | |
| 199 | Mozambique | 63.8 years | 2024 | |
| 200 | Zimbabwe | 63.1 years | 2024 | |
| 201 | Togo | 62.9 years | 2024 | |
| 202 | Liberia | 62.3 years | 2024 | |
| 203 | Naoero | 62.3 years | 2024 | |
| 204 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.1 years | 2024 | |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.1 years | 2024 | |
| 206 | Sierra Leone | 62.0 years | 2024 | |
| 207 | Niger | 61.4 years | 2024 | |
| 208 | Burkina Faso | 61.3 years | 2024 | |
| 209 | Benin | 61.0 years | 2024 | |
| 210 | Guinea | 60.9 years | 2024 | |
| 211 | Mali | 60.7 years | 2024 | |
| 212 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 59.0 years | 2024 | |
| 213 | Lesotho | 57.8 years | 2024 | |
| 214 | South Sudan | 57.7 years | 2024 | |
| 215 | Central African Republic | 57.7 years | 2024 | |
| 216 | Chad | 55.2 years | 2024 | |
| 217 | Nigeria | 54.6 years | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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Related
- Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates): trend, map and all years
- Monaco and San Marino side by side on every measure
- GDP per capita and life expectancy (scatter plot)
- Health spending and life expectancy (scatter plot)
- Rankings within a group: European Union (27 countries) · Euro area (21 countries) · OECD (38 countries) · G20 countries